The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-06-15
WILD BILL. OF KANSAS.
killing Two Soldiers in Twinkling,
But Hesitating at a Monkey.

Capt. Jack Crawford in Kansas city Times.
wild Bill was good shot. was he not?''
with the six-shooter he was simply wonder
full. In my entertainments give an illustration
Of double shot he made ont at Hays City,
Kan, in the early days, when he shot two sol
diers, one in front of him and one directly be-
hind him, each endeavOring 10 shoot him before
he could draw his gun, He killed one and NOR
tally wounded the other, and the two reports OF
his revolver seemed almost as one. The mar
velOus feat was the talk of the country for a
long time. In fact, when came by there few
days ago one of the old residents who witnessed
the killing mentioned it TO me, and said ne could
scarcely believe it even after seeing
it Bill never missed his mark,
have seen him take a pistol in
each hand and fire with right and left pistol at a
can thrown in the air, hitting it with both bull
lets. By the way, l heard very funny story
told on Bill some time ago. If you remember,
he married Mrs. Agnes Lake widow of Lake. the
circus man. Bill fairly worshipped his wife, but
despite his great love for her she never could in
duce him to quit drinking He would come
home fun OF bad whisky, and one day mrs,
Hickok said TO him:
"'Bill, if you don't quit this drinking
pretty soon you will actually begin 70 see mon
{" Monkeys said he What do you mean,
little ones'
. Why, you know, when people back East
drink too much of the kind of whisky they get
back there they see snakes, but this awful stun
out here makes them see monkeys
Bill laughed at her and did not give the mat
ter a second thought, little dreaming that she
had put up a job to break him of his intern
perate habits. There was tame monkey in the
town-Cheyenne, | believe it was-and Mrs
Hickock had induced its owner to loan it to her
for night. Bill came home that night com
fortably drunk, and after ne had gone to sleep
his wife secured the monkey and chained it 10
the foot of the bed Then turning down the
light a little she too retired and awaited results
Bill woke up in the night burning with thirst
and raised up into a sitting posture, intending
to get out of bed and get drink OF water
There, perched upon the footboard, was the
monkey, staring him In the face with hideous
grimaces. He rubbed his bleared eyes, looked
again,s and horrible suspicion came into his
befuddled brain. Had his wife told him the
truth? Did he really have EN-? Finally he
sprang out on the floor seized his six-shooter,
which lay on a table near, leveled it at the
griuning creature and said:
Now, old man, if you are monkey you re
in bad fix; if you amt a monkey I'm in a bad
fix. At the same instant he fired, and the
monkey fell over in the agonies of death. His
wife, who had been watching the working OF
her scheme, sprang up in the bed with scream,
and Bill, turning to her with broad smile Of
the most intense satisfaction, said:
Z" Little woman, congratulate me, for | have
just had wonderful escape | amt as drunk
as thought was an there's a monkey layin'
there on the floor that'll never intTude itself
into the domestic felicity Of another happy
family an make a gentleman think he's got the
Jim Jams. ~